The Journal of Human Resources
Last updated ISSN 0022-166X
The Journal of Human Resources is published by University of Wisconsin Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Human Resources concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- School Choice and Performance
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Healthcare Policy and Management
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-166X, 1548-8004 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,979 |
| Publishing since | 1966 |
| Journal website | jhr.uwpress.org |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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